Disable Youtube HTML5 player and load Flash

July 28, 2015

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YOUTUBE’s HTML5 player is working great for most users while for some flash is still their choice. While it is true that youtube has switched it’s players to HTML5 you could still disable youtube HTML5 player and load flash players. This trick works even for youtube embed players. All you have to do is tweak the url to load up the flash. Here is how you could do it.

For quick and easy embed I would recommend using youtube embed code generator where you can customize a ton of options like changing youtube embed thumbnail,player technology,etc.

Chrome Plugin

It can be a hassle to replace the video url to load flash player every time. So there are some other permanent solutions such as using browser extensions. For chrome there is an extension called Disable Youtube HTML5 Player to force youtube to load flash every time you use youtube.